Estonian Basketball Player of the Year

The Estonian Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the best performing Estonian basketball player of the respective season. From 1995 to 2001 the award was decided by a poll of Estonian sports journalists and given by the magazine Sporditäht. Until 1999, only players who played for a domestic club were eligible for the award. In 2001, players who represented the Estonian national team were added to the vote.[1] Since 2004, the award has been presented by the Estonian Basketball Association.[2] The current holder of the award is Siim-Sander Vene.

Winners
Kristjan Kangur has won the award a record eight times.
Martin Müürsepp has won the award four times.
Siim-Sander Vene is a three-time winner.
Denotes player who is still active
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won the award
Year Player Position Team Ref
1995 Margus Metstak Center Estonia Kalev [1]
1996 Martin Müürsepp Forward Estonia Kalev [1]
1997 Margus Metstak (2) Center Estonia Tallinn [1]
1998 Margus Metstak (3) Center Estonia Tallinn [1]
1999 Gert Kullamäe Guard Estonia Kalev [1]
2000–01 Martin Müürsepp (2) Forward Greece AEK [1]
2003–04 Martin Müürsepp (3) Forward Russia UNICS Kazan [3]
2004–05 Martin Müürsepp (4) Forward Russia CSKA Moscow [4]
2005–06 Gert Kullamäe (2) Guard Netherlands EiffelTowers Den Bosch [5]
2006–07 Valmo Kriisa Guard Estonia Kalev/Cramo [6]
2007–08 Tanel Tein Guard Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock [7]
2008–09 Kristjan Kangur Forward Estonia Kalev/Cramo [8]
2009–10 Kristjan Kangur (2) Forward Italy Canadian Solar Bologna [8]
2010–11 Kristjan Kangur (3) Forward Italy Cimberio Varese [8]
2011–12 Kristjan Kangur (4) Forward Italy Cimberio Varese [8]
2012–13 Kristjan Kangur (5) Forward Italy Montepaschi Siena [8]
2013–14 Kristjan Kangur (6) Forward Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan [8]
2014–15 Kristjan Kangur (7) Forward Italy Openjobmetis Varese [8]
2015–16 Kristjan Kangur (8) Forward Italy Openjobmetis Varese [8]
2016–17 Siim-Sander Vene Forward Russia Nizhny Novgorod [9]
2017–18 Siim-Sander Vene (2) Forward Italy Openjobmetis Varese [10]
2018–19 Siim-Sander Vene (3) Forward Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria [11]

Multiple-time winners
RankPlayerAwardsYears
1Kristjan Kangur82009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
2Martin Müürsepp41996, 2001, 2004, 2005
3Margus Metstak31995, 1997, 1998
Siim-Sander Vene2017, 2018, 2019
5Gert Kullamäe21999, 2006

References
  1. "Press valis Müürsepa parimaks korvpalluriks" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 20 June 2001.
  2. "Valiti korvpallihooaja parimad". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). 8 June 2004.
  3. "Müürsepp Eesti parim" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 8 June 2004.
  4. "Korvpallihooaja 2004/05 parimad" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 9 June 2005.
  5. "Selgusid korvpallihooaja 2005/06 parimad" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 1 June 2006.
  6. "Valiti korvpallihooaja 2006/2007 parimad" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 6 June 2007.
  7. "Valiti korvpallihooaja parimad" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 4 June 2008.
  8. "Kangur, Kristjan" (in Estonian). ESBL.
  9. "Eesti aasta parimateks korvpalluriteks valiti Mailis Pokk ja Siim-Sander Vene" (in Estonian). Delfi. 31 May 2017.
  10. "Eesti Korvpalliliit tunnustas hooaja parimaid, aasta korvpalluriteks valiti Vene ja Anderson" (in Estonian). Eesti Korvpalliliit. 21 June 2018.
  11. "Hooaja Eesti parima korvpalluri auhinnad said Siim-Sander Vene ja Annika Köster" (in Estonian). Eesti Korvpalliliit. 1 June 2019.
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